My friend had her bachelorette/bachelor party here and it was a blast. We went on a Saturday night. The place filled up around 11. The staff was super helpful and friendly making sure our party had everything it needed. The DJ's here are great as well. I will be coming back to this place over and over again. They also have a nice little smoking room outside.
Review Source:It's a nice looking place. Looks very modern. I would say a pretty big sized place. The sound system, lighting and other things are pretty good in there. I came here during after hours to drink and dance. I see that they have a pretty large kitchen and dining room area. At the end of the night they served pizzas. That's new to me since I don't see much of that in my neck of the woods. It's a cools pot for dancing. They were doing $2 well drink specials.
Review Source:It's pretty much the only place like this in the burbs. Â You see some very interesting walks of life here. Â The night I was there I swear was Friendship Villages night out. Â Was kind of creepy after a certain point.
The drinks were very watered down. Â I'm not sure that there was any vodka in my drink. Â Probably should've just bit the bullet and order a whiskey. Â Would've justified the cost a little bit. Â
Also gentlemen, it's a sausage fest. Â Don't be thinking you're going to be pulling chicks left and right. Â You won't because someone else is probably already buying her a drink.
If you don't feel like going to the city and want to dance. Â Drink is probably you're best bet.
Drink is one of the few night clubs in the Northwest suburbs. Â
This is a very trendy spot and draws all the people that don't live in the city here. Â There are many night club spots where you dress to impress and go to be seen. Â Places that you feel like you are somebody and tonight is your night. Â These are all great things but it is tough for me to believe these people are equivalent from city to suburbs. Â
All the bells and whistles are included here from the long line for entrance, possible cover and the full on club experience. Â They have the lights, the displays, the music and the performances. Â The people here are what I would like to think are the shore like type of people. Â Very metro-sexual guys and done up girls both with super tans. Â There is no problem with this but again I find it hard to "believe" or be fooled to think that these people are really this "cool".
I can officially say I'm not a fan of this place. It seemed like we had problems from the beginning. We bought tix online and they had an issue where we couldn't print our tix. Great customer service skills would've told them to mail the tickets to us. Instead, the manager or whoever that girl on the phone was told us they'd resolve the problem and call us when they had it fixed. When the girl called us back a week or so later, she said "problem has been resolved and you guys can come get your tickets any time before Saturday". So being me, I say, I thought you resolved the problem, if we have to still come pick up the tickets, you did not fix the problem. I wouldn't have much to complain about if I hadn't seen people turning in printed tickets at the door.
Then we came for NYE, since I had picked the tickets up already, we didn't have to stand in line, which was nice. We went inside and the coat check line was pretty full. My bf checked our coats and I waited for my friends to walk in. When they got in and waited in line, they told them the coat check was now full and to come back in 30 mins, what do you do until then?! After the second disappointment, we walked in and it was packed tight.  I wiggled my way in to the bar after finding the rest of our group and ordered a blue mf'er (typically you only need one of these if that since I'd had a mojito earlier). The drink was the weakest, least tasteful blue mf'er I'd ever had. We made our way to the dance floor and seemed like all you could do was fist pump or jump up and down. We looked for the "other rooms" of music they advertised online but didn't find any. Every few seconds it seemed  like some drunk person was trying to push you down. And some of them would even try to fight you if dont let them push you around. I stumbled upon another bar, hoping for a better drink experience. I ordered a tequila sunrise, which is pretty hard to mess up. And it was made with Jose Cuervo. Surprise surpise, it wasn't good either. It was really hard to keep a buzz going with all the sucky music and rude people everywhere. Like several other reviewers said, the effects are awesome here, but awesome enough to keep us entertained. When my friend made an attempt to make a request, the DJ told her they don't play hip hop there, and this is the kind of music they play all night until the end. They could've at least played more than 3 songs with words. All we seemed to hear were beats all night... Eventually we couldn't take it anymore and decided to leave around 2. It's safe to say I won't be back, not even for another $25 party.
This review is only for the dance club not for the restaurant or bar.
Hmm where to start... as a dance club it seems to be waste.... have the night there today and had a mixed feeling... for dudes this place is a bad investment of your money and energy if you are going for dance.
DJ had a good collection but the remix was bad.... Â the lights were amazing and balloon drop was awesome. Enjoyed the light show and lasers.
A good beautiful girl was a thought of mars...only amazing girls were the waitresses and the go go dancers. They had a lady who was dancing with the ropes hanging from roof. On dance floor the boy to girl ratio was 5:1. For a year end weekend the number is too scary. Most of the ladies were in their late 30s. Can't recommend for New Year eve party.
I will recommend this place for dinning and drinking and for dancing it's a thumb down. There were around 3 fights within 1 hour. Most people don't know how to dance and dudes were eyeballing each other.
For interior and ambiance this place is a 5/5. You can't find a classy interior club in the suburbs. Parking was free and huge.
Enjoy an evening on the porch with friends to dance music.
I'm a fan of DRINK. There are only a handful of places you can go to get a good dance on. But this is the only place in the area with such an expansive deck, cabanas, outdoor bar, sand volleyball and bags. I'm actually not a huge dancer, but the options of how you want to entertain yourself are endless. They also host great parties!!!
I have a blast every single time I come here!!!! Drink definitly owns the suburbs! I've gone to so many clubs downtown & this place is still my #1 choice. I've spent two birthdays in a row here & numerous friends birthdays.
Tuesdays & Saturdays are the days to go! Always great music, it's always packed, there's a lot of room to move around or bars to go to so you don't have to wait forever for drinks. Not to mention two rooms inside. Outside theres another bar, which is so convenient in the summer so you dont have to walk back inside for new drinks. There are fire-pits & heaters outside when it's cold out. Drink prices are so reasonable. Tuesdays are really great with $1-$4 specials. At the end of the night, they sell pizza by the slices which is great after a night of drinking for your drunk friends.
If you havent checked it out, I HIGHLY suggest you do!
We were there just this past weekend. Â It was a Saturday night, met some friends there for his birthday. Â Our friends were already there. Â They ordered food (which they said was pretty good) and drinks. Â
When my husband and I got there the waitress didn't get to us like 10 mins after we sat down. Â She asked what drinks we wanted and I asked what kind of martinis they had. Â i can't remember which one it was but she came back and said they can't find the juice for the drink. Â i asked her for a drink menu and her response "a drink menu, umm...i'll be right back' Â umm, FOR REAL??
so after ordering drinks I asked for some kind of avacado spring rolls (yummm) these were really good.
that waitress had to leave so the tab got closed and she brough over the new waitress. after she introduced herself and asked if we needed anything, i asked the 2nd waitress to put in a order for spring rolls. the 1st waitress said, "um, did you want me to place that, cuz' i just closed your tab"
umm, no not you, the 2nd waitress.
the point to all of the above....the 2 girls that took care of us were rude and mind you, when we got, not very many people were there. so, sorry you had to do some work.
*the place looked as if it were updated from the previous place. Â that was a plus.
*we didn' pay cover.. i agree with some of the other reviews, your a burb club not a chicago club.
*a plus it's in the burbs and we don't have to drive all the way downtown and look for parking.
*the cabana tents out back, great idea..we loved them..
*the music was good for like 5 mins..we got up and danced a bit then the dj started playing some stupid garbage and we were NOT feeling it.
I would give you a higher review but your staff killed it. Â they should be a bit more friendlier...i might go back
I don't think this place is bad as some of the people here think but it's not as good. I really don't like the cover cuz with the drinks already bein pricey there's no reason for that. The crowd is a mix so I can't point my finger at one person. I do know every time I come there I have fun. The dance floor is kinda packed around midnight and people jump or step over u but its still ok. The patio outside is great. There's lotsa room and everyone seem real friendly. The bartenders give out drinks fast. Never had a problem. Some days they even promote new shots so they r free which is even better. I honestly like comin there
Review Source:Like a lot of you have already said, Drink is pretty much a wannabe Chicago night club. It is filled with a lot of wired people, but it can be a good time if you go with the right crowd. Basically, do not expect to go by yourself and have a good time. They do have some solid drink specials on Tuesdays though, and lots of open space to dance. Another downside of this place is that they have a cover to get in. A cover in the burbs is just dumb. From a person who lives in Chicago, this place does not even compare to Chicago clubs. Overall, I do not recommend going here if you can avoid it.
Review Source:A group of us came here this past weekend after a chamber of commerce conference. We had a few tables reserved, so didn't have to pay cover or wait in line.
I didn't enjoy the music at all. The DJs in the reserved area and the main floor played mostly the ommmps oooomps beat which deafened my ear drums throughout the night.
As commented by the past reviewers, there were quite a few jersey shore wannabes with their tight fitted Ed hardy shirt. I didn't care much for the crowd, since I was there to hang out with people from the chamber of commerce. HOWEVER, some of the jersey shore douchebags were f**king RACIST. I did not see this my self but one of our guys saw this on the dance floor. There were 2 Caucasian guys who circled around our group on the dance floor pointing their middle finger. So we stood out in the crowd being a group of Asians, but who the f do you think you are. Most of us are more accomplished and successful than you will ever be.
I know this does not have anything to do with the club itself, but the fact that this racist action happened here, I'm holding the club accountable. Beware, future patrons!!!!!
Bleh. Wanna be Chicago night club. For me I hate it cause it's the only bar like it that is anywhere close. So it's the best you can do. There are a lot of creepers here too. I see it all the time when I go on the dance floor. On the second floor you just see a row of men watching. So awkward. If this was a night club in Chicago it would be a joke. Like someone else said, I feel like im in the jersey shore.
It feels so overdone too. There was some chick that hung on a hoop and would dance. Like they jam packed everything they could think of into this bar
Pros:
- Large indoor and outside
- Dance floor
- Numerous bars
Cons:
- SO CHEESY
- bartenders aren't the most personable
- Cover. FOR REAL? THIS IS THE BURBS NOT CHICAGO!!!!
Please note, that I am only writing this review for their outdoor bar (in the summer) and the food. I was very amazed when I went there last summer and ordered a pizza and spring rolls in their outdoor patio/bar. The  atmosphere was very nice; but the food blew me away. I would never expect that a suburban club, full of dudes wearing sweat pants and gym shoes would have such good food. I was there again today and decided to write this review.
Today, I ordered pizza again - which was very good, in fact better than many restaurants that call themselves pizzerias. I also ordered tequila lime shrimp skewers, which also tasted great. I could feel that the food in this place is made from fresh ingredients and it has a very gourmet taste. The presentation of food is also great. The shrimp skewers, were served on top of cabbage salad, which had a very delicious dressing.
Therefore, despite the overall low rating for this place, the food is very good. Anyone who had been to this place and didn't like it, should come back here just to try the food, it is just so surreal that this tacky place would have such good food.
Also, as a side note, if people hate this place so much, and give it such low ratings, why is it always so packed on weekend nights?
Ah yes, the former Alumni Club...
$5 cover? Â In Schaumburg? Â Serious? Â I hate paying cover anywhere, especially in friggin' Scumburg, or Schramburg as Bob Saget says, but I'll do it here. Â Wanna know why? Â Because I enjoy drinking in open air venues like Vertigo, Market, the Wit, and if it can be done with $2 wells within 20 minutes of my house, it is on like Donkey Kong. Â Unfortunately, $2 drink days are Tuesdays, and we don't live on the West Coast, so the only time Drink gets my patronage is between March and October, and as long as it isn't raining/snowing/hailing/locusting. Â
Valet your car, if you must, but I really don't think it's necessary. Â There's a free parking lot adjacent to Drink, but if it's full, you can park in the lot that's just another minute away. Â Don't be lazy, and save your valet money for the cover.
As far as the Jersey Shore comments I've read on almost all the other reviews, I mean, come on, what "club" doesn't have Jersey Shore-ish types in it? Â Not many, and even if they are here, the douchebaggery factor is pretty low, it's not like Ronnie is out here punching people and yelling "One shot, kid! That's one shot!" Â So what if they're here? Â They're not bothering anyone. Â Oh they're loud you say? Â Who doesn't get loud when they get drunk? Â I know I do, and I'm as far from Jersey Shore as they come. Â They have the right to get their drink on too.
Plenty of bar space and seating outside, including a side area for playing bags. Â The DJ on Tuesdays play a mish-mash of radio tracks, and that's just fine. Â It gets loud though, inside and out, if you are near the bar. Â If you want to be able to hear yourself, just grab a table on the outskirts of the patio.
Overall, it's a solid place to have cheap drinks and have fun with your friends. Â the boy girl ratio is high however, like 3:1, so good luck fishing.
If you think tight graphic tees are cool and have a killer gel to hair ratio then this is your place. If you are the kind of skank that likes those dudes then rock it out. Anyone else do not come hear, on a saturday night the air even tastes like sweat and the only language spoken is moron.
Review Source:I've been to Drink a couple times, but it doesn't make my top 5 choices for a Friday or Saturday night. Â This past Saturday me & a couple buddies walked in, showed ID's & were promptly instructed that hoodies aren't allowed in the club so we'd have to get them checked for $2. Â After we were inside awhile, I counted a total of about 10 people who were wearing a coat or hoodie. Â Not sure if they pick & choose who's allowed to wear them or not, but it irked me. Â The music was decent enough, but when the female dancer started posing & hanging on the ceiling swing, that confused me a little, maybe this is typical at clubs these days but it looked very out of place. Â I personally think that Drink is having an identity crisis & tries so hard to be a downtown club. Â But it's still Alumni Club in Schaumburg, and always will be no matter how many times you rename it or try to rearrange things.
Review Source:(In Stefan from SNL voice):
Schaumburg's hottest new club is called "Drink." Â
They have Alumni Club alumni with grey hair, guys in tuxes and top hats with bow ties, bikers, Vinnie from the Jersey Shore, guys whose barbers love Dragon Ball Z, women straight from 80s music videos, Dennis' 'dead tooth' wife from Always Sunny, bartenders doing 'Cocktail' tricks, and Noah's Ark in the ladies' room.
The food is pretty good, with homemade potato chips with dill salt. And the drinks aren't super overly priced for being a 'club' in Schaumburg.
I wouldn't go on my own. But when the co-workers want to get together there, it's not completely horrible. The people watching is fun.
I went to Drink last night for a girlfriends birthday celebration...I have upped Drink up to 3 stars, from 2! woohoo!!!
I felt like I was on the Jersey Shore last night with Snooki and Paul D look alikes, but I love the Jersey Shore, so it was quite entertaining! Â The service was much better this time and the music was a whole lot better as well!
We got in free with the secret "password", so that helped, otherwise I would have been annoyed again for paying a cover charge...AGAIN, I want to know why women need to pay a cover charge at a suburban night club?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? Charge double for the men! They will pay!
Had a great time with my girlfriends, but as usual, fun is what you make it! Interesting characters there, so it makes for some awesome people watching! Â If you like house music, then you might enjoy going on a Friday night!
I had the privilege of coming here the other night for my friends' birthday party. Â I was told beforehand that it was very "jersey shore" and not to expect much. Â That's about what I got.
I had been to Alumni, meh.
I had been to Mad Mark's, meh (food was good, service was awful)
I have now been to Drink, meh as well.
We had a deal where it was $25--that included cover and 5 drinks. Â It didn't include malibu and diet, so I was drinking a really watered-down version of Diet coke and...ummmm...rum? Â I am not really sure what it was to be honest with you....
But the music was pumping (as were the fists) and everyone seemed to have a good time. Â I will probably be back, but I will be getting better drinks (I hope!!)!
You know what? Nightclubs suck and they can't help it. So I'm gonna throw out the pros:
Cheap admission ($5), cheap drinks ($4.50 for a Blue Moon), good music (top hits without being repetitive)...
also it's a fairly large place so you can choose a venue...patio to chill, lounges to sit, and a dancefloor to shake it.
You know the cons: dirty bathrooms, overcrowded, obnoxious patrons...
So if the city is too far for you and you're planning to go to Excalibur or Soundbar...just go to Drink because it's the same experience only friendlier to your pocket. Nightclubs in downtown Chicago rip you off.
We were in a volleyball league here on Tuesday nights and it gets pretty crowded here on Tuesday nights surprisingly. Â The crowd is quite young, lower 20's. Â The decor inside is great, but the best part about this place is the outdoor area. Â However, in the summer months the mosquitos are quite a problem as there is a pond right next to the Drink. Â
Service is definitely much improved from when they were Mad Mark's (but that's not saying much as the service with MM's was HORRENDOUS!), but the draft beer still tastes watered down and even had a coconut flavor to the coor's light for a few weeks. Â but for $1 draft beers and $2 well drinks on Tuesday nights, it's hard to be beat (and also probably why they water down their drinks).
This place is fine. Â It's my first club experience in the suburbs and it had pros and cons.
Pros- Â Cheap admission (I believe it was $5 per person). Â Cheap drinks (My hubby and I got a Bacardi & Diet and Miller Lite for a total of $10). Â Cool acrobatics girl doing tricks.
Cons- I felt like everyone there knew each other from high school. Â The people were dressed terribly. Â We were both shocked people were allowed in in sweatpants and tennis shoes.
In summary, I might go back someday because of the location but it is just ok.
Drink is only for the dude-liest of dudes and babe-liest of babes
oh, and for those who want to fist pump themselves into an oxygen deprived coma to the point where $10 for cheap liquor sounds like a good idea.
yeahhhh, i was not a fan. it was jam packed. they played bad techno. there were creepy old men scoping the place out like vultures just waiting for the next drunken 20-something-year-old girl to make a slutty buffoon out of herself just so they could get their jollies *shiver*
warning to dudes who decide to wear hats or jackets to drink: you will be harassed by the parking staff. these fine specimens of late night laborers have a keen eye of spotting what clothing is or isn't permissible into their techno-fueled meat fest. so just don't it...put your prized hat or jacket into the car, and take a deep breath-you will need one. no, you will need several.
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i had a craving for a bloody mary, simple drink to make, yeah?after waiting for 10 min. at the bar downstairs, the bartender told me that they ran out of bloody mary mix and that there should be some upstairs. being the determined girl that i am, i walked upstairs and waited about another ten + minutes, only to find out that they don't have bloody mary mix period. at that point i was ready to go...
Came here last night with a few friends. I didn't know what to expect since I had never heard of this place. There is valet parking ($5 Â for "regular", $10 for VIP), Â but also a private lot that is free. I recommend parking for free...it isn't like it's hard to park in a parking lot. We paid $5/per person to get in. I'm not a fan of paying cover charges, but whatever. I can see why, because they had the live DJ, some live entertainment (a girl that did acrobatics from some cloth hanging down from the ceiling, and a girl that had a lit-up hoolah hoop).
At about 10:30 hardly anyone was on the dance floor, but the DJ was goin and the bars were starting to get busy. They have a lot of seating areas (pretty nice too) and a few bars to choose from. At about 11:30 the dance floor was PACKED. It's a goo sized dance floor too.The age range is mostly people in their 20's, but a saw a few older people in the crowd. There is some amazing people watching opportunities here!! I think that was probably the best part. The drinks are about $6 each, and they have shots for $4 and $6. There are girls walking around with shots that you can buy as well. Â
Needless to say, I was surprised that the suburbs had a good dance club for younger peoples...pretty exciting! I would say it is pretty comparable to a place you would find in the city.
Me and a couple girlfriends decided to check this place out. I was kinda expecting the worst for this place considering I went to Alumni a couple times and it sucked, never went to Mad Marks. But to my surprise it was actually a good time on a Tuesday night. They remodeled the place and it looks a lot better.
Tuesday Night $5 cover (I am pretty sure it's $5 cover every night)
$1 drafts
$2 well drinks
Got there at 9:30pm found parking no prob
We sat outside, found a table and had a good waitress
Music was good
Got busy around 10:30pm, around 11:30pm place was packed outside, not so much busy inside but the dance floor looked full.
Went there for a bday gathering and was immpressed with what they accomplished inside from the old Alumni & Mad Mark's. Â This was Tuesday night and the drink specials were great. Â I was a bit put off by the shot girl & other girl workers as they looked super trashy and the outfits were just tacky. Â I'm sorry who wears furry boots in summer, knock it off! lol
I loved that they had plenty of seating as it was pretty packed and i was still able to find somewhere to chill and chat. Â The music was ehhh...as variety was just not there. Â The guy on the Mic was annoying like always but thats everywhere. Â Bartenders were good, and paid attention and got our drinks quick.
Overall I would come back, but only for special occasions. Â I wouldn't just come for the hell of it.
Like another reviewer...can we get music variety! I was impressed at how there were sections for loungin, dancin, beer gardenin, and just plain room, however techno music...all night! My girlfriends and I requested some hip hop. Something you can shake your hips too not jump up and down too. We had had enough of that. The DJ said, "No, we switch it up at 1:00" So we waited. 1:30 rolled around and instead of 130 bpm it switched to 180 bpm. I hope it lasts but like every other techno joint in schaumburg, it probably won't.
Review Source:I went to Drink for my weekly girl's night out this past Wednesday. The website advertises half off everything (bottles) yet they failed to mention that does not include bottles of wine which is why we decided on this new place. Meh... it was fine. While I understand the place is new and there are always bumps to iron out, our waitress seemed a bit on the clueless side. We ordered a bottle of wine, someone else came out to open it and rather than pouring a taste filled each of our glasses to the rim. Um... OK... Again, i know I'm not at a 5 star establishment, but as a general rule all servers should be able to work a wine opener and know how to pour a glass of wine.
We ordered the fillet mignon sliders with horseradish which were quite tasty. The homemade chips it came with were also quite good. We ordered the carne asada tacos too. They were just OK. They seemed to be a bit flavorless, but for the price and the fact they are clearly not a Mexican restaurant, I wasn't going to complain.
The atmosphere left a bit to be desired. There seems to be very little change other than new "trendy" furniture since this place has been Alumni Club. After we ate we moved inside where there was an eclectic mix of patrons sitting at the bar. We joined them for another couple glasses of wine and then left.
I have to preface the following comment by first saying the staff was very kind and I acknowledge this place is not my normal cup of tea... but seriously, I almost asked if there was a "how trashy can the staff look" contest going on?!?!? LADIES... YOU ARE ALL ATTRACTIVE! YOU CAN BE HOT AND SEXY WITHOUT LOOKING TRASHY!
In conclusion, I will say I was not thrilled with my visit nor horribly put off but it will not be on my list of places to rush back to.
I went on a Tuesday for $1 drafts. Â They really made the place up! I love the new decor. Â I was not a fan of the "kiddie" Mad Mark's Pizza that it used to be. The drinks are very reasonably priced, and so is the food. Â So, if you want a fun night out in the burbs, that won't cost you an arm and a leg, this is the place to go! Â The staff was very nice (the women scantly dressed, so if that is your thing, then this is the place to go. Â Don't come here if your boyfriend has a wondering eye. :-)) Â Awesome outdoor patio/beer garden. Â Play some bags, or volleyball. Â It was getting a little busy towards 9 pm. Â Overall good experience, and we'll be coming here more often. :)
Review Source:Last night was the grand opening & I was very impressed. The entire interior was renovated to look more like a true nightclub. It looks completely different compared to when it was Mad Mark's & Alumni Club. Seating & tables for bottle service, outdoor cabanas, tiny fire pits, lights & bars were added. The upstairs is now open, too, not just for private parties. Outdoor volleyball & bags games went on up until the place closed.
I was happy to hear about the drink specials; there is a different special every day of the week. Last night, there were none, but well mixed drinks were only $5 & our bartender, Sean, was very generous. Â =) Â It didn't look like a lot of liquor was put into the drinks, but they were pretty strong and others agreed. Bottles start at about $75, which is really cheap compared to bottle service in the city; those normally start at $150. Plus bottles are half off on Wednesdays, I believe.
I really didn't want to pay cover and called ahead of time to see if there was no cover before a certain time. The girl on the phone said "no cover before 11" but they still tried to charge us at the door (two girls, mind you). Eventually, we convinced the guy to let us in plus he put some metallic sticker on my driver's license & said I could get in next weekend for free by showing the sticker at the door. That's good customer service right there.
All in all, had a great time. I'm glad so many people were dancing because I only like to dance in bars when a lot of others are as well. The girls with fire & on the swinging ring were cool to watch; not your typical go-go dancers like at every other club.
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